Local Colleges: Thursday Roundup

Cal Poly Pomona's Mitchel Anderson and Cal State San Bernardino's Kwame Alexander were named to the 2013 NABC All-American team, it was announced Wednesday.

Anderson and Alexander were among 16 Division II men's basketball players to be named to this year's team.

Anderson finished with 1,433 points and 180 steals in his four-year collegiate career. He ranked third all-time for the program in both statistics.

The Temecula native helped the Broncos capture a national title in 2010 during his freshman campaign. As a senior, Anderson led Cal Poly to a 28-3 overall record as the team swept the conference's regular season and tournament titles.

Anderson also picked up NABC and Daktronics All-West Region first-team honors for the 2012-13 campaign. He also will be the only CCAA student-athlete featured in this year's Division II All-Star Game.

Alexander led the California Collegiate Athletic Association in points (16.7 average) and rebounds (8.8) and became the fifth Coyotes' men's player to receive All-American honors.

The Moreno Valley native became the first player in school history to have at least 900 points, 500 rebounds and 60 blocks in a career.

He shared the conference lead with 10 double-doubles and scored in double figures 22 times this season for the Coyotes, including a career-high 28 points in the Coyotes' semifinal loss to defending NCAA champion Western Washington Vikings.

He also joined conference Anderson on this year's NABC and Daktronics All-West Region team and in receiving CCAA first-team honors.

SOFTBALL

Redlands

The Bulldogs (19-7) swept a nonconference doubleheader from George Fox (Ore.) University 8-2, 12-6.

In game one, Amanda Clark went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs for Redlands and Sarah Beeman went 2 for 4 with three RBIs. Kayla Uphold had nine strikeouts in seven innings for the win and went 3 for 3 with three runs.

Kayla Anderson went 2 for 3, including a home run, and scored both runs for the Bruins.

In the nightcap Redlands' Linda Park went 3 for 4 with a run, a double and two RBIs and Nikoli Sharp went 2 for 4 with two runs and pitched five innings in relief for the win.

Anderson hit another homer for the Bruins and Jenna Kirk went 4 for 4 with a double and two runs. George Fox tied the game at the top of the fifth, but Redlands followed with six runs.

Chaffey

Sarah Garcia's two-run single ended the five-inning game for the Panthers (19-12, 5-2) who beat Barstow 9-1 in a Foothill Conference game.

Alex Haro went 2 for 2 with an RBI and Jennifer Springer hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning. Jennifer Del Mar had a double for Chaffey, which will play Victor Valley at

3 p.m. on Friday.

Pomona-Pitzer

Freshman right fielder Susanne Boden had a two-run double and made two run-saving defensive plays in the outfield as the Sagehens (10-11) defeated La Sierra (4-26) 8-5 in nonconference play.

Boden had a two-run double in the bottom of the third for a 4-0 lead. Five players had multi-hit games for the Sagehens, led by a 2-for-3 effort from Caitlyn Hynes, who also got the win to improve to 3-0. Sophomore Emily Glass also was 2 for 3 and sophomore Leah Bleichner, freshman Aryana Yee and sophomore Meagan Tokunaga had two hits as well.

Pomona-Pitzer will be at home against La Verne at 2 p.m. on Friday

MEN'S TENNIS

Pomona-Pitzer

Junior Chris Wiechert earned a two-set win at No. 2 singles, but Middlebury (Vt.) College remained unbeaten at 10-0 with an 8-1 win over Pomona-Pitzer (5-11).

The Sagehens came out of doubles in a 3-0 hole despite forces matches to tiebreakers at No. 1 and No. 3. Middlebury took the 3-0 lead with Alex Johnston and Spencer Lunghino winning 7-5 in a tiebreaker over seniors Max Sabel and Frankie Allinson.

Wiechert defeated Brantner Jones 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2, but Middlebury won two-setters at the other five singles.

The Sagehens will be back in action on Saturday at 10 a.m. against Claremont-Mudd.

WOMEN'S TENNIS

Pomona-Pitzer

Williams (9-2) swept all six singles and clinched the match before doubles in a 7-2 victory over Pomona-Pitzer (7-3).

The Sagehens had a strong performance in doubles, including an 8-3 win at No. 1 behind senior Kara Wang and junior Sammy Chao. Senior Jamie Solomon and freshman Marie Fleming also won in a tiebreaker at No. 2 doubles.

Pomona-Pitzer will be back in action on Friday against Middlebury at 2 p.m.

WOMEN'S WATER POLO

Redlands

Four Bulldogs scored two goals each for Redlands (8-13, 1-0) in its SCIAC 9-7 win over Occidental (7-15, 1-1) in overtime.